Rubber boot or shoe sole.



v Patented Apr.'23, i901.

A. F. VoGT. UBBER 'BTR SHOE SOLE.

(Application mea Jan. ax, 1901.)

f5" Pennsylyanimfhaveiinvented certain new andl luseful"I m'fproi/'entents in Rnb'ber'BootorShoe i6, ,."T hi^s 'ginfvention, ,relates to rubber boots or v siioc'and particularly to a sole 'therefor to.

A 'isecnrely fastenedV to'the' rubber y'tc'Tpr'eVent t rendered the boot or shoe practicallyuseless intethe.samerv y f .Otherobjectsand adifanta'gesci the inven-V Figc? is alongitldinals'eetion thereof; "Fig.

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soles-or whiettnenewiug is a Specification," .referncebeing'yhad thereinf lto the accom pav .foundpecessar and ,the principalobjection theret'lhasbeen that theinetalljc calks used tof` prevent slipping' ,upon logs, .Wet ln mber, orf-any other'dangerousjplaces cofuld not `.bev,

the twisting or tearing out of the calk, whieh.

land left lm'epeningior theentr'ance of water j 'Ihe'bbjectjof' the` present pVentionLis to oin'arconfiel this 'diiiculty -byprofriding airin# lnei' sole towhichthe rubber 'outer 'sole may be firmly secured'and intowh'ich Athemetallic calk passing through the;rnbberenters,th`ere -ing Voutl'offth-e callg in the'use of the-bootr or shoecA 'W tion will hereinafter appearin thefollowing description, and the`novel'featnres thereof Y willbeparticnlarlypeinted out in theappend- 'inthe drawingsiE- 'gnre'lisa perspective of 'a boot-having myinyention appliedgtheretot 3 is a eross-sectionon 'he line r333 ofglfig'. 2,

Like letters'ofreference indicatelik parts Aor material-l-for instance, a boot, as shown by full lines in' Fig. 1, or a rubber shoe, as indicated by,dotted lines in-said ligure.' Y

` For the purpose Lof constructing my iinbe-i'nlp'ne or nibr pieces and to' 'one face. of

which is applied a securingsplegof leather or other suitable material, secured'lto the'insoleB byany .desiredi means-or instance, nails B21-,fand vprovided with ia lseries of openings Bi', havin-,ig walls `tapering,tosclgetlier from' `Athe upper side ofsai'd soledownwardly. The objectuofthelsle B' is, for tbe`li1m attachnlent of theouter'rubbersole B, which when I nioldedfnpon the securing-sole B enters. the

apertures or 'recesses B3, ilng the saine with a Wedge-shapedkcy integral With the body of the' rubber' forming thelovnter sole, and thus'preventing a' movement of the rubber' vsole upon'theleatheresecnring sole. Within the s'hoe'al suitable felted sole B5 may be placed, iffdesired, and atv the counter any suitable form of stiffening B5. The leather A andgrub'ber lsoles having been firmly secured together; Y as A`hereinbefoie described, the

metallic-cams() arej introduced and extend thronghihe rubberintothe leather innert TheV calks may be ofany tie-A The calks C aresimilarly' v'tion is also called to tbefact that the secnr- 'ing-sole B', incontact with which the rubber is placed, is provided with rounded or curved ,edges B7, which obviates all danger'of cutting.-

; the rubber covering@ by an'angular edge of the leather coming into contact therewith.

will also be observed that/the apes "ures in the securing-sole which receive the rubber keys extending upward from .the outer soleare disposed-between the tangs of the calks, and thnselectnally prevent any movement of the `leather upon the rubber sole, which would otherwise occur when a lateral or angular strain was placed upon the free end of the calkand se'rve'te loosen the same in its convproved sole I use aleathr sole B,which may tinned use. `The passage of the calk into E; The other scles'niay also be similarly cn rved "at their edges to eiect the same object.. It

|the leather vbody or sole also assists in h-eld- It will further be geen that theealks asused by me will not become torn from the sole, nor will they turn over when the strainis placed atan angle to their length,V which is frequently the ease with ealks that' are not held by. this method. i

It will be obvio'us that this invention can be applied 'to any character'f rubber boot or shoe and that changes may b'e r'nadejn the details thereof and in the character vo'i calks l used 'without Adeparting from the spirit of 'the invention a'sden'd by the appended Cl'ans.

Having 'described my invention, what I l'elaim as new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. vA rubberboot or'shoefhavirg a ysle'coxhpifiei'nga leather securing-sole, a 'rubber outer leather s le; substantially 'as specified.

pris'ingz: a leather selu'ri ngisole, a rhbberouter soie', and @elk efr-tending @brengt 'said tarbber sole and having its'tngeml'eidded iii-'said The securing-sole is leather VsoleI which isalse provided with recesses to receive keys extending from said rubber sole; substantiallyasspecified.

3. A rubber boot or shoe havng'a sole comprising a leather inner sole, asecuring-sole atytacked thereto and provided with tapering frecess'estherei'n, a rubber outer sole having l keys molded into s aid recesses; substantially 4. A rubber boot o'r shoe having a sole comprising a leather inner sole, a securing-sole attaeh'ed thereto and'pmvid'ed with tapering recesses therein, a rubber outer sole having keys molded into said recesses, and a met llic calk having its tang passed through-said rubber sole and embeddedin said leather sole; substantiallyas speci'ed;

5. A rubber boot 'or shoe having a soie :cernprisn'g a leather inner soie having served edges, a secu'ring-'sbleatiache'd .ihere'to afnd provided with tapering recesses therein and curved e'dgs, a rubberouter soie in'clofsin'g the edges of said seeming-sole and having keys molded into said recesses, aind a metal 1i@ eau; bevi-iig its tang passed *through emu rubber soie and e'mbeded in said sseirngt'ally as speeie'. Y. In rssti'fimnywnerf I alix msi-gnature in presente attivo witnesses.

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